The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 1, 2022
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 AM
9:31 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1229
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.3° / 120.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 12m / 17.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.49° / -0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / 0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.02° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.